This vision came to me while teaching a Yoga class. I would always hear myself saying to the class to turn off the word, we are so non-stop, and in order to do Yoga, everything else has to stop. So I replaced the world STOP with YOGA, and this is my trademarked business, YOGA STOP. When I was pregnant with my first, my students really wanted to keep doing the class, so I say the DVD/CD combo is my first baby. I was 5 months pregnant in the video with Eli Tzvi. If you want to order it or read more about it please go to,
Lately I have been confronted with how rules are in every area of our life. In order for someone to do Yoga correctly to get the benefits of tuning up the body and clearing the mind, certain rules must be followed.
In my Jewish world we are coming up on a holiday called Shavuot, where God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses to give to the Jewish Nation. These are rules for life, and how to respect and take care of each other as human beings. My son Eli Tzvi just got a book about rules, and how a little boy in preschool does not want to follow the rules, so the teacher tells them they will try to have a rule free day. This boy learns that not having rules affects him the most, none of the kids want to share or play with him, nobody wants to give him a turn, and he trips over the mess everyone leaves on the floor. He decides at the end that he likes rules and asks for the teacher to have them back in class.
I was asked recently if I am a rule follower or a rule breaker, and I had to think about it for a moment because in some areas of life, I guess when you understand why the rules make sense you have no problem following. For instance with an appliance or a recipe, it has to be followed exactly or else the whole thing falls apart. Apparently the same is with our lives, I went to an amazing lecture that was about the Ten Commandments and actually all 613 commandments, and how even when we do not understand why, it is important to follow, because it is for our benefit on physical and spiritual levels. As I get older and I hope wiser, many of these rules make complete sense even on an emotional and intellectual level. But for the record throughout my life I have been a rule breaker.
Same goes for Nutrition my friends, like Oprah said, all you need is Diet and Exercise :) I personally do not like to use the word diet, which implies to take a way, and something temporary. I like to say Nutrition Program, so you add what you are missing, and form healthy habits that become your lifestyle. That is what I help you figure out as your Health and Wellness Coach, as well as finding healthy and active activities that you enjoy. It is all such an individual preference, and I love to customize programs for each person's way of life.
This week I have started exercising, did a Zumba class, two Power walks, and a Yoga class, it feels so good to move and stretch and be active again. Your body ends up enjoying it and eventually needing it, you feel off when you get off track. Food wise I have been having my 2 shakes a day, 1 meal, and snacks. I am also taking a multivitamin, calcium, a cell activator to aid absorption, and an Omega 3. One day I forgot my second shake and my vitamins, it does take 21 days to form a habit, so I will just keep at it, put reminders in my phone, carry what I need with me. This month is about figuring it out for myself.
The Day of Rest is one of the Ten Commandments, one that I appreciate so much in my non stop life.
Shabbat Shalom,
Coach Yulia
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